Mecp2 regulates neural cell differentiation by suppressing the Id1 to Her2 axis in zebrafish

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2340-2350

  Gao, Hai ^a,b   Bu, Ye ^b   Wu, Qing ^b   Wang, Xu ^b   Chang, Nannan ^b   Lei, Lei ^b   Chen, Shilin ^a   Liu, Dong ^b   Zhu, Xiaojun ^b   Hu, Keping ^a   Xiong, Jing Wei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Her2; Hes5; Id1; Mecp2; Neuronal differentiation; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; HISTONE H3; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 1; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NESTIN; MESSENGER RNA; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME 8; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; EMBRYO; EXON; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHOMBENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOME; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENES, ERBB-2; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN 1; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84932102175     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.167874     Document Type: Article

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